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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Closing all windows (was: YAWB1.4 Request)
Message-ID: <4666@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 9 Oct 89 02:47:08 GMT
References: <22822@cup.portal.com> <770@jc3b21.UUCP> <675@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Reply-To: jimm@batgirl.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
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In article <675@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:
)In article <770@jc3b21.UUCP> fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) writes:
)  Since the left Amiga key already has a function,
):what key could you use?
)                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)I think I know what you meant, although it was not spelled out explicitly.
)
)The left-Amiga+left-mousebutton combination does not currently have a
)function. 

Plans for V1.4 have left-Amiga-click to be a screen-drag-grab.
This could be changed, perhaps, to be overridden if you click on a gadget.

Also, it might need change if there are compatibility problems, but ...

)It could be used, except that it would not work with the keyboard
)equivalent of left-mousebutton, which is alt+left-Amiga. 

... this is the argument that I have for "no compatibility problems:"
    If a program uses left-amiga-click, it doesn't work keyboard only,
    which is a cosmic no-no or something.

This rather lame argument is a warm up for a retroactive declaration
that the left-amiga modifiers belong to "The System" and that applications
should use the right Amiga key or something else entirely.

Oh, wait: I am The System.  It would certainly be in the realm of
possibility to use left-Amiga-Click on a close gadget to propagate
a CLOSEWINDOW message to every window which has a close gadget.

And, why did you want that?

Note that V1.4 public screens will clear up some of the confusion
of "uninvited screen visitor windows"  If they also demonstrate a need for
new features like "rapid close-'em-all", those features will be considered.

It's not in the cards to toss in every cool idea that we can think of,
though, so there will need to be some choices made.

	jimm

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